Lifting device.



No.-811,344. PATE'NTED JAN. 30; 1906. J. c. WANDS. LIFTING DEVIGE.

APPLICATION FILED 0013.27. 1905.

mm was mu Fli Inventor: John. O. Wan'd6..

Witnesses b wm Mays...

particularly to devices or raising a vehicle t harass anon JOHN C. WAN'DS, OF S1. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

HFTENG No. 81 1,344. Specification or" Application filed October 27 To all whom it may concern/.1

Be it known that I, J HN C. Finishes citizen of the United States, residing at StLouis, Missouri, have inventeda certain newand useful Improvement in Lifting Devices, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which-it appertains to make and use the-same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in wine Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved lifting device in operative position for elevating a. vehicle, shown in broken lines. Fig. 2 is an enlarged detail side elevation of the lifting device used for each wheel, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the device shown in Fig. 2.

This invention relates to devices for rais-- in'g objects from a sup orting suriace, and

from the bed on which the vehicle rests. The" object of my invention is to provide a device of the character described which can beman -ufactured at a small cost and the parts of which can be easily disassembled.

My invention is herein shown as comprising a device for raising a vehicle-such,- for example, as an automobile-from the floor ;on which the automobile stands to-prevent the tires on the wheels of the automobile from beingsubjected to pressure while the automobile is not in use and also hold the tires out of contact with grease or other sub stances which wouldl'deteriorate the material from which the tires are-made. Preferably my improved device comprises means for raisin simultaneouslyboth wheelsv on one side 0 the vehicle.

Referring to the drawings, which repre sent the preferred form of m invention, 2

designates a hollow standard aving loosely mounted therein a screw 4, having connected to its up or end a bearin -block 6 adapted to engage t ehub of one o the front wheels of a vehicle, as shown in Fig.1. 'Rot'atably mounted on the upper end of said standard is a gear 8, having a screw threaded portion in engagement with the screw 4, said gear comprising pins 10, which mesh with a worm 12, fastened to a shaft 14,,rotatably mounted in open bearin s 16 on arms 18, projecting nut ient.

Letters Patent.

.1905. Serial lie. 284,?d8.

Patented Jan. 30, 1906.

provided at one end with a handle 20, and its otherend is oi: IlOll C-HC-Hlfil shape to fit a connecting-shalt 22 Separated from the standwheels on one sidefof the vehicle sinniltaneonehwhcel, the "ccnnecting-shaft is dispensed 'wit From the foregoing description it will be seen that my improved lifting device com prises but few parts and accordin "1y can be manufactured at a. small cost, and as all of i the operating parts are mounted loosely upon the standard they can be disassembled easily. Having thus described my invention, what tors Patent, is-

SCI'GWgShBit loosely mounted in said standard and provided at its upper end with a bearingblock adapted to engage a portion of a vehole, a gear rotatably'inounted on the. upper which engage the threadsof the screw-shaft, the teeth on said gear comprising a plurality of pins, arms carried by said standard and provided with open bearings, a shaft 1nounted in said bearings and having a worm connected thereto which engages the teeth on said gear, and a device on said shaft by which it may be rotated for causing the screw-shaft scribed.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aliix my signature, in the presence of two Witnesses, this 24th day of October, 1905.

JOHN. C. WANDS.

Witnesses Wants L. CHURCH,

laterallyh'om t e standard. The shaft 14 is Gnoncn BA irnwni. L.

ing device will be actuated for elevatin both 'ously. Whenit is desired to elevate only I claim as new," and desire to secure byjLeta A littiii device comprising a] standardwa" ardZ tit a distance equal to that between the I end of said standard'a'nd having threads to elevate the vehicle; substantially as delOO 

